Features

Unlike for the Maelstrom line,
there are no standard options for Nautilus line scabbards.
Prices shown here are approximate.

Custom-fitted, wool-lined wooden core ($185)
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Nautilus line wooden cores are wool-lined and feature
historically-accurate cross-sections and distal tapers.

Complex fantasy design

Leather outer in any color, if desired (add $33 for custom colors)

Twisted wire elements ($7+)
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Wire decoration helps delineate your scabbard.
Wire decoration was often used in period for decorative work on sword pommels and hilts.
This is an example of the sort of work we typically do with twisted wire.

Pewter/sterling decorative elements ($18+)
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Add any metal decorative element from the
decorative elements list.
If you don't see something from the theme you want, ask us about it.
We can find just about anything.

Braided leatherwork ($25+)
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Add braided leather work as a decorative touch or as part of your suspension system.
Here in one of my earlier efforts I used braided leather in the suspension system for a Del Tin Falchion.

Wood inlay ($???)

Wood burning ($???)

Metal chape ($95+) and/or locket ($25+)
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Add a chape and locket, ranging from simple to
elaborate, like the chape shown here.

Fantasy metal work ($???)

Nautilus Line Scabbards

Nautilus Line scabbards are non-historical but fully functional scabbards
built to customer specifications... and by their imaginations.

Examples

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A historically based fantasy scabbard for an historically based fantasty Albion sword!

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This one was a little bit of a departure for Tritonworks, we've only made one quiver previously.

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This one was an imaginative customer creation, in keeping with the snake theme of his headless horseman sword from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

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In this scabbard I combined the Japanese concept of having an assymetric chape with a design take from a celtic iron age scabbard.

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This is a Kirby Wise axe that I built a sheath for. Nothing like this is known historically, but it's a handy thing to have nevertheless

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This is one of ten Jody Samson built Martian Longswords. The customer wanted a suspension rig that was very "John Carter of Mars"

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Full length shot introducing Rick Barrett's version of the literary Stormbringer.

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This is a Jody Samson Fantasy Longsword. It is called Serpent Tail, a name I believe Jody conferred upon it. In keeping with the name I elected to go with a reptilian theme.

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This is another Jody Samson Fantasy Longsword. This one is called Pendulum and is a sister sword to Serpent Tail in the previous set of pictures.

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This is a Jody Samson Fantasy Leafbladed Sword.

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This is a Tinker Pierce fantasy saber.

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This is a scabbard for an Angel Sword fantasy longsword.

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This is a scabbard and baldric for a Samson Viking-style sword. Note the intricate cast bronze chape and locket as well as the lacework scabbard edges.

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A full-length shot of a similar baldric for another Samson sword, this one a fantasy two-hander.

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This particular customer wanted a sword "in the style of" the Ranger Sword from the Lord of the Rings movies

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This is one of a pair of swords by "Little John" that I did. The extreme curvature made this one challenging.

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This was another challenging piece for an Al Massey pattern-welded falcata. The scabbard is poplar inlaid with black walnut. Seven coats of tung oil were then applied for the finish.

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This scabbard has an interesting aesthetic thanks to the copper elements. I really like the contrast.

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Shot of the sword sheathed.

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Custom gladius scabbard for a Raven Armoury gladius. The scabbard is poplar inlaid with black walnut. The raven inlay was especially challenging.

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This customer wanted two different scabbards, one standard type scabbard and one for wearable display.

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This is a scabbard I did for a Vladimir Cervenka bidenhander. I've put it in this fantasy section because to the best of my knowledge bidenhanders were not scabbarded but rather were kept in supply wagons with pole arms or simply slung over the shoulder like a rifle on the march. The scabbard features an imperial eagle motif in the center and on the chape as might befit a bidenhander in use by German troops in the employ of the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Full length picture of Cervenka hand and a half. The scabbard is suitable for a 14th century sword, but since this is a fantasy inspired sword it ended up here in the fantasy category.

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Busse AK-47 "combat katana." This particular customer wanted a non-traditional-type saya to go along with his non-traditional-type sword. This saya admirably fits that bill. Rather than being lacquered, as is traditional, this saya was plasticoated with a texturing element mixed into the coating. This created a tough finish which feels very similar to the black anodized coating on the blade itself. It is provided a matte finish, which is what this customer wanted.